You, Mr. President, are not declaring a quarantine, but rather are setting forth an ultimatum and threatening that if we do not give in to your demands you will use
force
-Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, letter to President John F. Kennedy,
October 24, 1962
Which U. S. action is Khrushchev challenging in this excerpt?
O Enforcing a ban on military aid to communist forces in North Vietnam
O Establishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles to Cuba
I blockade
O Preventing Soviet advisors from meeting with revolutionaries in South America
O Conducting air shipments of vital supplies to East Berlin
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